Fender-guard plate



R. H. DANE April10,1928. 1,665,492

FENDER GUARD PLATE Filed July 13. 1927 Q Inventor JtaZpfa /7. 3a 724 Attprnej Patented Apro 1Q 1928,,

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Application filed. July .13, teen Serial No. aoaeie.

the construction of the bumper or bumper-' ette, and without requiring much time and labor for in stallation.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters indicate corresponding parts in the several views:

Figure 1 is afragmentary top plan of the end of an automobile at one side thereof equipped with a generally conventional.

bumper or bumperette which is in turn equipped with my improved guard plate.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation thereof. Figure 3 is a section taken substantially on the broken line 3-3 of Figure 1, and

Figure a is a plan view of the plate per se. Now having particular reference to the drawings A designates fragmentarily the body of an automobile equipped at its rear end with the usual rear wheel fenders, one of which is disclosed and designated by the reference characters B, and which fender is protected by the adjacent end of a COIIVGII. tional bumper or bumperette C that usually consists of a pair of spaced parallel curved spring bars 0(:, the outer ends of which are secured in conventional manner to the outer end of a horizontal bar d by a bolt and nut connection 6, the inner ends of the spring bars 0-0 being connected to a small curved spring bar fby a similar connection 9. My

invention per se consists of a generally tri-e angularshaped metallic plate 5 formed with an outer curved edge 6 that merges into the ends of right angular ,straight edges 7-7, this curved edge 6 being of a curvature substantially equivalent to the curvature of the spring bars H of the end of the bumper.

The plate 5 is arranged beneath the lowermost curved spring bar a, Figure 2, while the curved edge 6 of the plate is flush with the outer surface of said spring bar 0, as clearly indicated in Figures 1, 2 and 3. The width of this plate 5 is such that the inner straight edge 7 will extend beyond the horizontal bar 03 of the bumper or bumperette, while formed adjacent the right hand corner of this plate is an opening 8 for receiving the lower end of the bolt connection 6 between the spring bars ,00 and the horizontal bar 01, after which the usual nut is arranged thereon as disclosed in- Figure 3. Furthermore, adjacent the curved edge 6 of the plate 5 said plate is provided with a pair of openings 99, to

facilitate the attachment of the outer edge of the plate to the lowermost curved spring bar 0- by hook bolts 10-10, which bolts extend upwardly and have their hooked ends en gaged over the said spring bar.

It will thus be seen that the guard plate 5 will be arranged parallel with the road surface, and will act as a shield for the tail end of the fender B to prevent mud, oil, and other dbris from flying upward and engaging upon said fenden Inthis connection attention is directed to the fact that the guard plate 5 extends a considerable distance beyondlthebumper and to a point in close proximity with the fender B so that no debris or dirt' can move past the plate 5 and get-upon the back'part of the fender or mud guard.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is In an automobileand in combination, a rear fender, a horizontally disposed bumper spaced in rear of said fender and having spaced rear and forward portions, and a horizontally disposed plate arranged below and against the rear and forward portions of the bumper and connected to the rear portion and extending forwardly of the for: ward portion of the bumper and to a point in close proximit to the fender.

In testimony w ereof I atfix my signature.

RALPH HAMILTON DANE. 

